Women seem to be underrepresented in Christianity, even to this day.\u00a0 In the Catholic Church, the fact that women can not be priests or authoritative figures in the Church has been controversial for many years.\u00a0 When recalling discussions I have had on such issues, it has always been said that it’s not because women are subordinate to men, but more so because they are more representative of Jesus, who was a man.\u00a0 I think its interesting that even in the Bible there is a more male dominant presence.\u00a0 In the Bible, there are also quite a few women are merely mentioned and that’s the end of hearing about them.\u00a0 To this day, we still haven’t worked out all the inequality between the genders in the Church.\u00a0 But, is it really inequality?\u00a0 Or is it more about carrying tradition?\u00a0 This idea is something that occurred to me after having class.\u00a0 I really don’t think it’s an equality issue, however, I can see how one might think that it is.\u00a0 Because Jesus is viewed as the Son of God and the person administering mass is representative of Jesus, it makes sense that it would be encouraged for a man to fulfill the role of being a priest.\u00a0 Having been in the Catholic Church my whole life, I think its also worth noting that the traditional view of women is that she stays home, does the housework, and tends to the children.\u00a0 I believe this also could play a part in why women aren’t priests or of any power in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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